Species Details

ABH: 37.017

BF: 494a

Family: Coleophoridae

Taxon: Coleophora prunifoliae

Authority: Doets, 1944

Vernacular: Sloe Case-bearer

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in hedgerows and scrubland throughout England Adults are indistinguishable externally from C. coracipennella and C. spinella and identification therefore relies on dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Blackthorn and also Dwarf Cherry and Apple, living and feeding within a movable case; no feature is known for distinguishing cases of the three species, and the moths must therefore be bred and dissected.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 9 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 23 Jun (2015) — 23 Jun (2015)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/coleophora-prunifoliae/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 2

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2015

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